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Chipotle eyes Colorado Springs’ far north side for its 12th restaurant in the Pikes Peak region

By December 3, 2024 | updated 1 year ago

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Chipotle Mexican Grill opened this restaurant in late December 2023 in unincorporated Falcon. The California-based, fast-casual chain now plans to open a similar restaurant in the Polaris Pointe development, where construction would begin in 2025.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to expand on Colorado Springs’ far north side, which would continue the fast-casual chain’s recent growth spurt in the Pikes Peak region.

The California-based Chipotle, which specializes in burritos, tacos, quesadillas and other items, has proposed construction of a 2,327-square-foot restaurant at 99 Spectrum Loop in the 200-acre Polaris Pointe development, southwest of North Gate Boulevard and Voyager Parkway, according to documents recently submitted to city government officials. The location would be just east of the outdoor Ford Amphitheater.

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Like other new Chipotles built in the area, the latest would have a “Chipotlane” — the restaurant chain’s version of a drive-thru, which allows customers to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars. The drive-thru is a relatively new feature that Chipotle introduced in 2019.

In addition to indoor seating, parking and landscaping, the new Chipotle would have a 350-square-foot patio with a handful of tables for outdoor dining and a bike rack for cyclists, the proposal submitted to city officials shows.

Assuming the project receives regulatory approvals, the restaurant’s construction would take place next year, according to a development schedule included in the proposal submitted to the city. It’s unknown when it would open.    

The restaurant chain declined to confirm its new location, though “we are exploring opportunities to bring our real food to the Polaris Pointe community,” a Chipotle spokeswoman said via email.

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At Polaris Pointe, Chipotle would join Bass Pro Shops, Boot Barn, Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse & Tavern, Kneaders’ Bakery & Café and several other stores and restaurants that are part of the mixed-use development.

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Polaris Pointe also is home to hundreds of apartments and a growing number of entertainment venues that include the amphitheater, the Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers (formerly Boot Barn Hall), the iFly indoor skydiving facility, a TopGolf driving range, Overdrive Raceway, the Air City 360 Adventure Park and Magnum Shooting Center.

New businesses that have recently opened or are poised to debut include Mountain Mike’s Pizza, Bad Ass Coffee, Red’s Sunset Grill and Escapology, a national chain of escape rooms in which participants solve puzzles to “escape” from a themed room, Polaris Pointe developer Gary Erickson said Tuesday. 

A Texas de Brazil steakhouse and Surf Shack, an indoor water surfing venue, also are planned at Polaris Pointe. 

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“We’re fairly busy,” Erickson said. 

The Chipotle at Polaris Pointe would be the chain’s 12th restaurant in the area; 10 are in Colorado Springs and the 11th opened a year ago in unincorporated Falcon, northeast of the city.

From 2009 until 2022, Chipotle added no new restaurants in the Pikes Peak region.

Since 2022, however, Chipotle has opened in the Victory Ridge development, southeast of InterQuest and Voyager parkways on the city’s north side; northeast of Powers and Tutt boulevards in northeast Colorado Springs; and in the Falcon Marketplace shopping center, northwest of Woodmen and Meridian roads in Falcon.

All of those locations are in fast-growing areas and surrounded by thousands of rooftops.

Rich Laden

Reporter

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